The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-03
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic News


Commodore VIM. I. Truxton. U. S. n,
died suddenly at Norfolk, Va, Feby. %
The st. Louis City council has passed
bill fixing eight hours as legal days work
for the city employees.
Chicago bank clearings for last week add
up as, 1926, against sS9,3.6,5o5 for the
corresponding week last year.
Mrs. Logan has selected site for the
monument to Gen. Logan, and his place of
burial in the south Park, at Chicago.
Since October 80 to date. Chicago pack
ers have slaughtered ,63O,OOJ hogs against
2, ,337 900 for the corresponding period q
year ago.
The editor and business manager Of
New Orleans French daily paper fought
duel on Saturday. Two shots were ex-
changed, but after the manner Of French
duels, no one was hurt.
1t is announced that Mr.. Frank Siddalls,
Of Philadelphia, who recently offered
500, O,OOJ for Maud s., has increased the offer
to &l25,OOO Mr.. Bonner, who refused the
previous offer. has not yet replied to the
latter one.
At Osawatomie, Kas., the Pennsylvania
Mining and Gas Company struck large
supply OF gas at depth Of $50 feet. The
water Is blown seventy feet in the air. The
supply Is inexhaustible. At $40 feet they
passed through q seven-foot vein of coal.
This assures Oswatomie many large man.
ufactOries.
The will Of George Hutchins, Of Ancora,
N. j., who left s,O,OOO to Henry George for
the dissemination Of Mr. Georges writings
was admitted to probate Friday at Camden,
after contest Of relatives Of Hutchins.
Mr.. George has, however, agreed to make
an amicable settlement with the heirs
The six Republican members Of the New
York State excise committee have decided
to report favorably Rev. Howard Crosby's
high license bill for New York City, having
SO amended it as to reduce the cost OF the
wine and beer license from $50 to 800 and
increased druggists licenses from $40 TO 500.
The Maine state commission on cattle dis
eases has ordered q quarantine against cat
tie from Massachusetts,, New York and Illi-
nois, except that such cattle may be shipped
through the state to seaports without being
unlOaded, except at wharves used for this
purpose shall be disenfected Immediately,
at the expense Of the owner.
The seismoscope set up lin the physical
laboratory at the U. $. Signal Office was
disturbed and accurately recorded at $50
meridian time, Feb. 23 the arrival at that
point Of the recent earthquake that
occurred in France and Italy. A rough
calculation gives about 800 miles per hour
as the velocity of transmission.
Miss Maggie Beading, the Banksville, Pa,
Girl, whose miraculous cure of paralysis
has been exciting attention has been speech
less almost ever since she has been cured of
paralysis. Before the cure took place she
could talk quite we'll but since she has been
restored her voice cannot be heard above 2
whisper. The case is still exciting much
interest in Banksville.
The tobacco workers and cigar makers
assemblies Of the Knights Of Labor, of New
York have decided no! to obey the order OF
the general assembly Of the Knights. The
order was adopted in October of last year
and provides that all persons engaged in
the cigar trade, who are Knights of Labor
ana members of the International Cigar
Makers union, shall withdraw from the
union. This is the old fight between the
union and Knights in regard to the use OF
the labels Of the two organizations.
| President Cleveland has vetoed twoprivate
pension bills, originating in the Senate,
granting pensions to John ID. Fencher and
Rachel Ann Pierpont. AS to the first named
| case, the President maintains that the dis
ability for which the pension is asked was
not incurred in the service; and as to the
| latter case the President says that the rec
| ords of the pension office show that since
this bill was introduced a pension has been
granted to claimant by the pension office at
| to hnr 1oA in, hi
The total collections of internal revenue
during the first seven months of the fisca
year ending June 30, 1887 were sdG,04S, ,sO7
being $685., 7,544, less than the collections
during the same period OF the last fisca
year. There was q decrease of s., ,3s7 $40 il
the collection from spirits; an increase. o.
o% sO% auops ans al an
crease OF $69,S35 from miscellaneou
objects The total receipts from oleomar
garine up to Feb. last, were $355.599. Th'
aggregate receipts for January, 1851, wer'
$gi6, ,7S6 greater than for January, les6.
q. r. Dun & Co., weekly trade review o
the rs, says: Wheat has declined, losing
the advance based on war rumors ant
touching the lowest quotations for this crO]
year at Chicago. stocks have advanced
Speculation has been dull, except in grail
| ana Oil, W0eoC Sales reaching OC, sVO,VO
bushels, and oil l6,0OO,OO0 barrels. Por
products continue to advance, mess reach
ing Sl4.5O Cotton is unchanged and COTE
recovered only an eighth. Sugar also look
weaker. The dry goods business is littl
better on cottons with an improved dc
mand Jobbing in dress goods goes o
i. with great freedom, but there is but iittl
improvement In wOolen goods. The bus
: ness failures during the last seven day
humber for the United states lS6. and fO
Canada %; total 2O9, against 26l last wee
and 24S the corresponding week of las
year. In New York, Canada aud tn
Southern and New England states casua